WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

SnoopyStyle Madame Tutli-Putli and her many luggage board a train. She is alone among many strangers. She's sitting opposite a crude former tennis star. The train stops to wait for another passing train. Three mysterious thieves sneak on board and release sleeping gas. She wakes up into a nightmarish situation. Her luggage and the other passengers are all gone. She sees an image of someone cutting out the liver of another passenger.This National Film Board of Canada animated short received an Oscar nomination. This is all about the visual look. The stop-motion animation looks creepy. The human eyes really make it stand out. This would be a great horror but it needs a well written story. This short is more experimental. There is a possibility of a great style for a longer film with a more compelling story.

anafeb Madame Tutli-Putli has boarded the nightly train carrying all her life baggage with her.Produced by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski in 2007. As day becomes night Madame begins to dream, both in and out of real and imaginary worlds.She confronts her demons real and imaginary ones. As she embarks on this mysterious journey, she discovers something far beyond her imagination.The movie has absolutely stunning cinematography. The visual affects were very detailed and creative. The suspenseful sound had me on edge, it made you want to question what would happen next.The editing of the plot was great. It gave a lot of information without having to say much.The theme of this great short film was unraveled at the need when Madam transforms saying that in death we cant take anything with us, that we must follow the light. Overall i thoroughly enjoyed this great short film from beginning to end, and maybe even learned a thing or two.

ccthemovieman-1 I'm not quite sure what to make of this. At least I'm being honest. Maybe a second viewing will make me see things clearer. The last few minutes were extremely puzzling. But don't be misled; I liked it.This is another bizarre and riveting stop-action animated short from the National Film Board of Canada, which has put out some really interesting material in recent years."Madame Tutli-Putli" is not a humorous story, although you might get a few chuckles in the 17 minutes. It's mostly a haunting tale of a waif-like woman on a Canadian night train with all her earthly possessions and a cabin full a strange people. It must take place in the 1920s or early '30s because the woman wore one of the "Flapper" hats.Anyway, without giving more away, the story gets tense and then gets downright scary. Is the woman going to be attacked by outside strangers who mysteriously board the train or is it all a fantasy by this troubled woman? I liked the music score in here, and was glad to read some other reviewers here felt the same way. It's easy to get wrapped up in the amazing visuals and the story and overlook this cool music."Madame Tutli-Putli" was nominated in 2008 for an Oscar. It didn't win, but just being nominated tells you it is definitely worth a look. But, beware: it's not "for all tastes," as the cliché goes. I saw it on the Blu-Ray "Animated Express" DVD which showed off the artwork to the max.

dromasca This short animated movie shows has style and impressive graphics. Characters are modeled on real actors who are credited and this gives personality to each of them. Using real filmed eyes (as I understand) also helps to create a very striking effect.There is no story really here, but just a fragment of life and fantasy located in the 30s in a train trip in the immense Canadian landscape that somehow slides into mystery, imagination and dreams. It works well for the first 12-13 minutes out of the 17 of the movie, but somehow the whole stuff gets tired and not that I expected a conclusion but I felt the ending is inconclusive not from the story-telling but from an artistic point of view. Anyway, the folks who made this movie are real artists and trying their talent on a longer and more consistent film could be an interesting proposal.